UQ researchers discover the Australian and Asian beaked sea snakes are two unrelated species despite the snakes identical appearances.

Scientists have discovered that the lethal beaked sea snake is actually two species with separate evolutions, which resulted in identical snakes.

19 November 2012
Professor Bryan Fry with the newly discovered sea snake

Scientists have discovered a new species of sea snake in the Gulf of Carpentaria, northern Australia, which is unique in having raised scales.

21 February 2012

The dramatic ways in which technology has improved researchers’ ability to collect, process, share, analyse, store and re-use information will be discussed at a conference in Melbourne next week.

31 October 2011

Founder and Executive Director of the Hear and Say program, Dr Dimity Dornan, AM, whose lifetime has been devoted to helping deaf children communicate, has been announced as the 2011 UQ Alumnus of the Year.

5 September 2011

The University of Queensland will award honorary doctorates to six recipients during its upcoming December graduation period.

7 December 2010

The University of Queensland topped the nation in the prestigious Australian Research Council Future Fellowships announced today, being awarded 31 fellowships worth a total of more than $22 million.

17 November 2010

Research into an environmentally friendly wastewater treatment has won a prestigious University of Queensland award for mature age student John Goopy.

12 December 2002

The Archbishop of Perth will receive an honorary Doctor of Letters at a University of Queensland graduation ceremony tonight, Monday, August 19.

19 August 2002

A genetic breakthrough that promises big benefits to the sunflower industry has won a distinguished award for University of Queensland Gatton Campus student Joanne Elsden.

13 December 2001

New experimental equipment at the University of Queensland could help miners unlock methane gas resources worth $30 billion.

16 July 1999

Julie Webb has not let blindness prevent her from becoming one of the top achieving medallists of the 63 students awarded University of Queensland medals for outstanding scholarship at graduation ceremonies at Mayne Hall, St Lucia on May 18 and May...

15 May 1998

University of Queensland researchers have joined forces with leading mining industry companies in a $710,000 Strategic Partnership with Industry Research and Training (SPRIT) project in developing new technologies to maximise open-cut mine...

5 May 1998

A dedicated group of volunteers at the University of Queensland has given away more than $1 million in fellowships since 1972.

18 December 1997

One of Australia's leading fiction writers, Elizabeth Jolley, and Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush will address graduates at University of Queensland graduation ceremonies on Friday, December 19.

15 December 1997

A killer that devours its victims through its nose may sound more like a horror film character than a potential friend of Australian agriculture, but with the help of University of Queensland research it may be cast in a new role.

19 March 1997